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How Alice Cooper ended up singing on a forgotten Guns N’ Roses classic: “Axl called me at two in the morning!”

When GN’R wanted to add some hard rock sneer to a Use Your Illusion track, Alice Cooper was the only person to call

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Music photographer Mick Hutson has died, aged 58

Hanging out of helicopters, stopping the New York traffic, sweet-talking kidnappers: a celebration of Mick Hutson, music photographer

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How a psychotic reaction inspired The Groundhogs' revolutionary classic Split

In 1971 The Groundhogs released Split, a savage, four-part suite titled documenting a traumatic brush with drugs experienced by frontman Tony McPhee

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Classic Rock magazine names the greatest Guns N' Roses song of all time

Readers, writers and rock icons united to name the 50 greatest Guns N' Roses songs ever for Classic Rock's latest issue - and this is what topped them all

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"He made up for some of my lack of talent": Lars Ulrich remembers meeting James Hetfield for the first time

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich recalls his first impressions of the man he’s shared a stage with for four decades

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20 minutes of rare pro-shot footage of Guns N' Roses in 1992 has appeared online

The footage comes from Guns N' Roses Orlando's Citrus Bowl show during their stadium tour with Metallica

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The 50 Greatest Guns N' Roses songs and the stories behind them - only in the new Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Rival Sons, Joe Perry, Glen Matlock & Clem Burke, Extreme, Stone Temple Pilots, Steely Dan, Ayron Jones and more

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How Thin Lizzy hitting it hard in Paris was the beginning of the end

“When the brown powder marched in, we were done for” says Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham

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How Sammy Hagar made Van Halen even better, according to Sammy Hagar

Sammy Hagar says he blew Van Halen's minds when he joined: "they thought wow, here’s a professional”

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How Radiohead revolutionised rock music in the ‘00s

Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood once reflected on the trailblazing run of records that turned rock music on its head in the 2000s

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Sammy Hagar is convinced his dad visited him in a dream to tell him he was dying

US rocker Sammy Hagar reveals his experiences with the otherworld

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The triumph and tragedy of Monsters Of Rock '88: How Iron Maiden's biggest UK show will be forever tinged by disaster

In 1988 Iron Maiden were enjoying soaring success – but as they prepared for their biggest UK show, tragedy awaited around the corner

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The night Tony Visconti thought Phil Lynott was going to die in his hotel room

Producer Tony Visconti was working with Thin Lizzy on their Black Rose album when Phil Lynott's partying started to spiral out of control

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Alice Cooper and Aerosmith's Joe Perry once moved into a haunted house to write songs for a horror movie: it did not end well

Long before Hollywood Vampires, Alice Cooper and Joe Perry had plans to work together. Then things got weird

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How Red Hot Chili Peppers recorded a sweet tribute to Guns N' Roses, but ended up causing beef with Axl Rose instead

Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose wasn’t happy about Red Hot Chili Peppers' "tribute" to his band on their fourth record

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Watch Guns N' Roses duo Slash and Duff McKagan play Stooges classic I Wanna Be Your Dog with Iggy Pop in Hollywood

LA's Hollywood Palladium hosted some famous faces on April 27

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Steve Perry has joined forces with Irish folk group The High Kings for their new single - and he's told us why

Watch the Video for the Steve Perry-enhanced folk ballad The Streets Of Kinsale

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Coke! Ghosts! Chaos! Inside the recording of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath: only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Inside: Black Sabbath, George Harrison, Alice Cooper, Grand Funk Railroad, The Damned, Crown Lands, Sparks, Peter Frampton and much more

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Five years ago The Answer were out in the cold: now they've made their Sticky Fingers

“We scaled some great heights, but after twenty years we were kinda left with nothing” - how The Answer came back from nowhere

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"Their best album since...": Metallica fans review new album 72 Seasons

We asked rock and metal fans to share their views on the new Metallica album 72 Seasons - here's what they had to say

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Watch the official music videos for all 12 songs on Metallica's 72 Seasons album

Metallica have now released music videos for all 12 tracks on their new album 72 Seasons: watch them all here

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Metallica's James Hetfield on going to rehab: "there was a rebirth...realizing my life was needing some help"

James Hetfield has discussed rehab, the pandemic and Metallica's new album 72 seasons in a rare interview

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That time a long-haired Peter Frampton appeared in a WWII period drama drinking tea in the jungle and singing

Black Sheep Squadron's final-ever episode starred Peter Frampton as a military intelligence operative stationed on a remote Pacific island

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Metallica's Kirk Hammett shares tender memories of the late, great Cliff Burton: "When he left us, Cliff was as powerful as he could be as a person"

As part of Classic Rock magazine's Metallica cover feature, guitarist Kirk Hammett salutes his late room-mate, friend and bandmate Cliff Burton

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Ian Hunter on the "ruthless, fabulous" David Bowie: "David wanted to be a monster"

Thanks to All The Young Dudes, the names of David Bowie and Ian Hunter will forever be linked. But Mott The Hoople's former frontman says the pair were never friends

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